A/N: I'm about to start another Genderbent!AU collection, this time for Legend of Korra. So sit back and enjoy some gender-swapped goodness. In this chapter, Maki meets the Avatar for the first time as she faces off against him in the Pro-Bending Finals. Genderbent!Makorra.

Disclaimer: I do not own LoK


"Can you believe it, Maki!" Bali screamed, jumping up and down in excitement. "We're in the finals. Just this match and we'll be the champions! I can taste the dumplings already," she said, while rubbing her stomach.

"Calm down, Bali," Maki said while pulling on her helmet. "You have to stay focused if you actually want those dumplings."

"Focus, focus," Bali repeated to herself under her breath as she strapped on her gear. "We'll beat those Wolfbats for sure!" she screamed out excitedly.

Maki just rolled her eyes as she took a seat on the bench in the locker room. She was just as excited as Bali but was always just a little more conserved. Someone had to be the clear-headed one. But she couldn't deny that their chances of winning were high. The Wolfbats were a good team but Maki had a good feeling that they could take them.

"Maki, there's been a change," Polau, the last Fire Ferret said, as she entered their locker room. "The Wolfbats regular waterbender landed in the hospital after a training accident."

"So they forfeit and we win," Bali said, jumping up and dancing around the room.

Polu reached out and put a hand on her shoulder, "No, they found a replacement at the last minute."

"Who?" Maki asked. Maki knew all of Tahna's moves but with her out of commission, a new opponent may throw off their game. They would have never seen this player fight, known their strengths and weakness, their durability and breaking point.

Polau* said grimly, "The Avatar."


"This isn't fair," Maki said, her face red as she tried to find the official for the match tonight. "How can you put the Avatar in the pro-bending match. He can bend all the elements."

"Because I only need one to kick your ass," a voice said from behind her.

The Fire Ferrets stopped and Maki spun to curse off the rude guy who dare oppose her but her words died in her throat as she came face to face with the Wolfbats, wearing their trademark gray and purple uniforms and their masks in hand. She recognized them from previous fights but the one who spoke was obviously their newest member.

He was a tall with tan skin, his long brown hair pulled into a high knot near the top of his head and two pieces left out to hang around his face. He gave her a smug look and said, "You must be the Fire Ferrets. Do you have a problem with me?"

Maki glared at the boy and said, "Yes, I do. They can't let you play."

"They can and they have. I'll be limited to one element, just like everyone else, so there's no harm done," the guy said.

Polau said, "He's right, Maki. There's nothing we can do any way. The match starts in an hour."

Maki closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose, before she pointed a finger at the boy, "Just be ready to lose, Avatar."

"Same to you, Ferret," he said, as her and the Wolfbats walked off in the other direction.

When they had rounded the corner, Bali then asked her sister, "So what's the plan, Maki?"

Maki looked into her teammates' faces, "We give it everything we've got and we win. The Avatar will eat his words."


"...and please welcome Future Industries Fire Ferrets!" the announcer's voice carried over the arena and to the radios across the city. Maki stretched her arms over her head as the platform rose, ignoring the excitable Bali and the cool Polau as they waved to the audience. She had to be limber and focused. She couldn't let the glaring lights and the cheering get to her.

They stepped off and got into position, Maki staring straight ahead at the Wolfbat Firebender and far from the Avatar's smug face in the centre.

The buzzer sounded. Maki aimed two firepunches at the Wolfbat Firebender, which she blocked before sweeping her leg through the air to send a jet of fire in return. Maki jumped quickly out of the way, keeping on the balls of her toes as she made more fire punches at her opponent, slowly pushing her backward within her zone.

"Maki!" Polau shouted on her right. Maki dodged in the nick of time as the Wolfbat Earthbender sent a stone disc in her direction which went over the platform and into the water below. Polau jumped where Maki had been and defended her teammate, drawing water from the troughs between the zones and aiming it back at the Earthbender.

But in Maki's distraction, the Wolfbat Firebender had advanced within her zone and was on the attak. Having noticed that Maki had jumped closer to the edge of the platform, she angled her kicks, trying to get Maki to move more to the left.

Maki blocked the flames as best she could but the Wolfbat Firebender had gotten her second wind, sending one wall of flame after another and preventing Maki from retaliating.

Maki retreated further, placing one foot behind the other until there was no more platform under her left foot. She screamed as she felt herself falling backwards. It was all over now. She couldn't get in a hit and she let the Wolfbat send her over the edge too easily. Now it was just up to Polau and Bali, and three against two (and one of the opponents being the Avatar) was not looking good for them.

But then something pushed her back onto her feet, a small bubble of water. Maki looked over at Polau, who was now focused on taking out the Firebender, who thought Maki had fell out of the game. Bali was busy with the Wolfbat Earthbender and she couldn't control water. That just left-

"Dropping out already?" Maki heard someone shout over at her as she reganined her footing.

Maki scowled. She didn't know what the Avatar's problem was, she didn't know why he saved her from falling over, but she wouldn't waste this opportunity.

She spat onto the platform before pulling her arms up in front of her defensively. Bring it on, Avatar.